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"74 Ukrainian military ground facilities were destroyed due to strikes carried out by Russian armed forces," said Igor Konashenkov, a spokesman for the defence ministry. According to him, the destroyed facilities included 11 airfields, three command posts, and 18 radar stations for the S-300 and Buk-M1 anti-aircraft missile systems.

Andrei Troshev has emerged as President Putin's favored choice to assume leadership of the Wagner group, a Russian mercenary organization. This transition in leadership comes in the wake of the tragic plane crash that claimed the life of Yevgeny Prigozhin, the former leader of Wagner, in August.

Classified documents from a Pentagon intelligence report have appeared on messaging app Discord since February with top Russian officials reportedly wanting to sabotage Vladimir Putin. The Kremlin plans to "throw" Vladimir Putin's Ukraine war while he's allegedly receiving chemotherapy, leaked Pentagon documents claim.

Russian President Vladimir Putin will likely go into isolation in a bunker as a flu outbreak has hit Kremlin officials, claimed a report. Putin's spokesperson Dmitry Peskov, reportedly told the Novaya Gazeta Europe news outlet that many people in the Kremlin are down with flu.

A motorist collided with a vehicle carrying Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy as his motorcade passed through Kyiv, though the president was not seriously injured in the accident, his spokesman said early Thursday morning.

Legendary actor Leonardo DiCaprio had a near-death experience while on his way to meet Vladimir Putin, President of Russia.